RE: Pearls

[MICHAEL S FORD <MFORD@pantex.com>]

<<<<<<<On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Craig Harmon wrote: 
Hey guys, enough with the war stories ok?.... junk mail.... It's getting
harder and harder to find the pearls around here.
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What?  'Not finding any pearls?  I think I've found enough for a couple of
necklaces (for my wife, of course :~)  ).  'Ever hear of the phrase, "The
proof is in the pudding," (sorry, paraphrased for space purposes)?  These
seemingly innocuous anecdotes bring home, in short order, the
significance of the great lengths we health physicists/Radiation
engineers/radiation safety professionals ('hope I caught everyone) go to in
ensuring the health and safety of our fellow workers -- and the
consequences when enough measures are not in place (but of course,
sometimes there are never enough measures).

Craig, I think you might find some pearl *dust* under your Delete key. ;-)

'Some gems on pearls of ....

"Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning ...
and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom."  -- Bergen Evans

"We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be
wise with other men's wisdom."  Michele de Montaigne (1533-1592)


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Michael Ford
Battelle Pantex
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mford@pantex.com
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